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A GW fan fic: Tevel(Dearly Beloved)

By Stargem

Author's notes: The loose ends regarding Heero and Duo were left there on purpose. They actually have their own story interwoven into the Tevel plot. I had planned to write it as a sequel, but the lack of time, inspiration and a steady beta I can happily work with prevents this. Maybe someday, though.

Update: Anne has agreed to become my beta! ^_^ Everyone bow down and worship her. She's beta-ed the whole of Tevel all over again to make sure everything's perfect and she's going to make sure I write the sequel.

I've also been told that Trowa and Quatre's happy ending is a bit confusing – it isn't after you've read it a few times ^.~ You're supposed to come to your own conclusions.

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No more tears.

It is upon us.

A death; a release from the iron chains of immortality;

The past set to rest; a new dawn born.

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Trowa brushed his fingers against the loosened red soil, skirting the stems of several delicate tea roses. A tribute to the memory of an ageless love. A smile hovered around his lips as he caressed the petals of a half-opened bud. This was where it all began. He did not know how he remembered, but he did. Here, the tall, tall tree that had shaded him. Under it, where his flute had been buried, a hundred forgotten lives ago. Duo had explained to him that it was Quatre's touch; the last magic he had wrought. Trowa carried a little elf-magic inside himself, allowing him to pierce the murky depths of the past. He was not sure of what else he was capable of. Duo had not been forthcoming on that question, remaining silent on his reasons.

"So many memories," he murmured.

Here, too, he had made his goodbyes. Heero had taken Duo with him, intent on teaching him the ways of the Gryphon Riders and Wufei had returned to his clan to discover a new purpose, somewhat nonplussed at the unexpected ending to his cause. The Fairy Thief was no villain, and therefore Justice need not lay rough hands upon him.

All of them had offered him a chance to follow them, to find a place within their dreams. Trowa declined, having only one real desire in his heart.

"You loved these best," Trowa said softly, still stroking the rosebud's outermost layers. It bloomed under his attentions.

"I love *you* best," Quatre said as he slipped his arms around his neck. "Why are you brooding here again?"

Trowa tilted his head back and pressed a chaste kiss to the nearest available part of Quatre's face. "Hello, love."

"You're avoiding the question again!" Quatre pouted at him. He came readily as Trowa reached up to pull him down into his lap. "Why do you always do that?"

"I'll tell you when the time's right."

"Isn't the time right now?" Blue eyes blinked up at him innocently, devoid of ancient secrets and older memories.

Trowa touched his lips to Quatre's forehead. "If you really want to know."

"I do."

Trowa laughed. "All right."

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Once, a long, long time ago...

A fairy fell in love with a mortal.

He died.

But though the Fates are often cruel, they can also be kind.

With half a mortal soul, he was given mortal body without his immortal memory.

He reunited with his lover.

...they lived happily ever after.

~The end~

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(© March 2002 by Stargem)

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